Project 888
Name: Ralph Harris HOLLOWAY
Rank / Rating: COX-CoxswainService #: 641 47 61 DOB: Feb 10, 1925 From: Whitewell, TN Parents: Robert (Bob) Richard and Violet Lamb Holloway Went Aboard: Apr 29, 1943 Age When Ship Went Down: 20 years, 5 months, 20 days Spouse: Children: Grandchildren: Bio Submitted By: Admin |
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Ralph Holloway lived with his parents in Whitwell, Tennessee along with his three brothers Raym RJ, and Gerald.
Ralph registered for the draft on June 30, 1942 at age 18 and went aboard Indianapolis on April 29, 1943. Just ten months later, July 30, 1945, he would lose his life in the tragic sinking.
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| Ralph’s parents would receive a first telegram stating their son, Ralph Holloway, was Missing In Action. A second telegram would state that Ralph was presumed dead, body not recoverable. These stark words would live with them forever. On January 1, 1961 Ralph’s father applied for a navy headstone for a memorial site at Red Hill Cemetery, Whitwell, Tennessee. Four of Ralph’s buddies from Marion County Tennessee lost their lives in the sinking of Indianapolis July 30, 1945. Clifford Cecil Owensby, F2c Andrew Jackson Holloway, S2 Thomas Hardin Jordan, S2 Aulton Newell Phillips, F2c | |
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